Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) on March 5 unveiled the revised NHI prices for drugs subject to…
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Drug Price Gap Hits Record Low, Did Distribution Guidelines Play Any Role?
The average gap between NHI prices and the market prices of listed medicines in Japan stood at a preliminary 5.2% in September this year, the lowest yet recorded. A recent revision of the health ministry’s drug distribution guidelines has been…
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